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Processes of communication, information seeking and control associated with cancer: A selective review of the literature
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Examination of the literature pertaining to the processes of communication associated with malignant disease in the hospital setting finds several ways in which new evidence may be sought are suggested.About:
This article is published in Social Science & Medicine.The article was published on 1974-04-01. It has received 162 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Information seeking.read more
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Assessing the effects of physician-patient interactions on the outcomes of chronic disease.
TL;DR: It is concluded that the physician-patient relationship may be an important influence on patients' health outcomes and must be taken into account in light of current changes in the health care delivery system that may place this relationship at risk.
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Expanding patient involvement in care. Effects on patient outcomes.
TL;DR: In this paper, patients were helped to read their medical record and coached to ask questions and negotiate medical decisions with their physicians during a 20-minute session before their regularly scheduled visit.
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Development of a questionnaire measure of adjustment to cancer: the MAC scale.
TL;DR: The Mental Adjustment to Cancer (MAC) Scale has been completed by 235 patients with various types and stages of cancer and data relating to reliability and internal consistency indicate that the MAC scale is a valuable research tool for clinical studies of patients' psychological adjustment to cancer.
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Information Seeking and Avoiding in Health Contexts
TL;DR: In this article, a normative approach to information management in health care is proposed, focusing on how information management goals can be accomplished while still accounting for other goals (e.g., identity management or relational maintenance).
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Interpersonal Relationships and Cancer: A Theoretical Analysis
TL;DR: In this paper, the effect of cancer on the patient's interpersonal relationships and the ultimate impact of these relationships on patient's emotional adjustment to the disease was explored. But, the authors focused on the effect on the patients' interpersonal relationships.
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The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life
TL;DR: For instance, in the case of an individual in the presence of others, it can be seen as a form of involuntary expressive behavior as discussed by the authors, where the individual will have to act so that he intentionally or unintentionally expresses himself, and the others will in turn have to be impressed in some way by him.
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On Death and Dying
TL;DR: In this article, the implications of terminal illness for patients and for those involved in their care were discussed, and patients invited to talk about their experience found great relief in expressing their fear and anger and were able to move towards a state of acceptance and peace.
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On The Meaning of Alienation
TL;DR: In this article, five alternative meanings of alienation are identified: powerlessness, meaninglessness, normlessness, isolation, and self-estrangement, and the derivation of these meanings from traditional sociological analysis is sketched and the necessity for making the indicated distinctions is specified.
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Awareness of Dying
TL;DR: In this paper, a study of the process of dying in American hospitals focuses upon discernible recurrent patterns of interaction between staff members, terminally ill patients, and their families, and the hypothesis results in a theory on the influence of awareness on the interaction with dying people.